Electronic Trading, Low Latency and Market Data 
A-Team Insight_Issue 02_Feb2010 (1.7 MiB)
Following the signing of a partnership agreement to launch an entity identification joint venture last April (see our coverage 
A third of the 50 hedge funds involved in a recent survey commissioned by Omgeo and conducted by Greenwich Associates have invested in improving their valuations and accounting systems, with many more focused on reducing counterparty risk. The fallout from the financial crisis and the intense regulatory and client scrutiny of the hedge funds market has inspired these funds and their managers to invest in their technology infrastructures to improve their risk management and transparency, according to the survey.
Last week’s reference data conference in London threw up a few interesting ideas with regards to leading the charge for reference data standardisation in the market, not least of which was the creation of a new standards focused body. In addition to a senior level data representative on the board of every financial institution, speakers and attendees alike discussed the need for a figurehead to drive forward the data agenda for the industry as a whole.
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Since its decision to mandate the XBRL tagging of financial reports for US firms, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been doing its level best to keep the industry apprised of any possible compliance challenges. To this end, this month, the regulator announced yet another event, in the form of a public seminar on 23 March, to allow firms to pose pertinent questions around these details. The SEC has also this month taken the initiative with regards to educating investors about corporate actions events and has amended proxy rules to allow electronic access to some of this data.
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